...that each of their constitutions should be so amended as to grant the right of suffrage to all — " male citizens of said State twenty-one years old and...whatever race, color or previous condition, who have been residents of said State for one year previous to such election, except such as may be disfranchised...

...participation in the rebellion, or for felony at common law ; to autherize the convention thus chesen to frame a constitution of government in conformity with the...Constitution of the United States in all respects, which constitution of the state government must provide that the elective franchise shall be enjoyed...

...convention of delegates chosen by " the male citizens of said State twentyone years of age and upwards, of whatever race, color, or previous condition, who have been resident in the State for one year previous to the day of such election, except such as may be disfranchised for...

...president. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That when the people of any one of said rebel states shall have formed a constitution of government in conformity...male citizens of said state twenty-one years old and upwards, of whatever race, color, or previous condition, who have been resident in said state for one...

...qualified to vote under the act of March 2. The latter act had contemplated a Convention in each state " elected by the male citizens of said state, twenty-one...upward, of whatever race, color or previous condition." Under these clauses the inclusion of the blacks as a part of the political people in the South was...

...rank of brigadiergeneral, who was to exercise all the functions of government until the citizens had "formed a constitution of government in conformity...Constitution of the United States in all respects. ' ' On the same day vetoed the tenure-of-office act, which was also passed over his veto. It provided...

...section of the original act provides, as to voters, that they shall be "male citizens of the State, 2i years old and upward, of whatever race, color, or previous condition, who have been residents of said State for one year. ' ' This is the general qualification, followed, however, by...

...authority of the United States. It provided that when the people of any one of these States " shall have formed a Constitution of government in conformity with the Constitution of the United Slates in all respects, framed by a convention of delegates elected by the male citizens of said State...

...of the original act provides, as to voters, that they shall be ' ' male citizens of the State, 2 1 years old and upward, of whatever race, color, or previous condition, who have been residents of said State for one year. ' ' This is the general qualification, followed, however, by...

...of the original act provides, as to voters, that they shall be ' ' male citizens of the State, 2 1 years old and upward, of whatever race, color, or previous condition, who have been residents of said State for one year. ' ' This is the general qualification, followed, however, by...